April 12, 2013 - Foreign Language

Short video about learning a new language: http://coerll.utexas.edu/methods/modules/technology/

8:30	Welcome - Video and Share Projects!
9:00	Edmodo
9:30	QuickTime Player and Quizlet
9:45	Flipping the Classroom
10:45	Plan a Project, Explore a Tool or Get HelpVoiceThread, QuickTime Player, Edmodo, Explore Your New Textbook, Find or Create Videos for the Classroom

Welcome and Sharing (Liz)

Go to this link and speak into VoiceThread to share one project or method for technology integration you have used in your language classes.

VoiceThread (Liz)

• Always begin at the District 96 VoiceThread site for education.
• VoiceThread gives students time to think about and plan their response before posting to the discussion.
• Language expression is strengthened because students can correct any mistakes in voice recordings.
  
  
• Using VoiceThread as a Tool for Language Learning - Several Spanish Language lessons using VoiceThread

Edmodo (Paula)

• Edmodo Information on the District 96 Technology Wiki
• Information on Creating and Grading a Quiz
• Information on Creating an Assignment

QuickTime Player, Vacaroo and Quizlet (Liz)

QuickTime Player: record and then duplicate or export the file.
Students can use the Turn In function in Edmodo to send these files to teachers or put them in a dropbox on the server.
Quizlet
Vocaroo

Flipping the Classroom (Paula)

Find out More:

• Flipped Learning-sponsored 2012-2013 Webinar series- Foreign Language: Dec.5, 2012
  • Presenters:
    • Ellen Dill - MS French/Spanish - Her French wiki; Her Spanish wiki (required videos)
    • Heather Witten - HS Spanish - Her blog here (she does not require students to watch videos but must have notes)
• Flipped Learning Ning
  • Professional learning community for educators who are flipping their classrooms
  • There is a Foreign Language Group that you may want to join to find out what other foreign language teachers are doing
• Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day - book by Jonathan Bergmann & Aaron Sams

Resources for Finding Video in the Classroom:

• TedEd: Ted videos for education(Lessons worth Sharing) - high-quality videos on different subjects (including The art of the Metaphor); TedEd videos come complete with lessons and "quizzes;" you can customize and send to your students like this example I created.
• YouTube Teachers - videos created by teachers or for teachers; check out the playlists (collections of videos appropriate for teachers), for example, Figurative Language (13 videos)
• YouTube EDU - Like YouTube Teachers, contains videos appropriate for school; including CC Prose Audiobooks
• iTunes - podcasts, iTunes U - students can download podcasts to their laptops
• TeacherTube
• Sophia Website - created by teachers; create an account, create a screencast and upload; use someone else's video; create a playlist for your students
• SAS Curriculum Pathways - Lots of Spanish resources including Custom, Culture, People, and Places
• WatchKnowLearn - free educational videos. The site is collaborative and allows you to build your own classroom for your content. Over 1,000 foreign language videos.
• Khan Academy at iTunes U: Some science videos including biology, chemistry, physics, biology, and astronomy
  • Because the Khan Academy website links to YouTube, students cannot watch these videos in school - only at home.
  • Khan Academy videos are also available as podcasts in iTunesU. Students can watch the these videos at school and can download them onto their computers or mobile devices.

Making Your own Video:

• Quick Time Player - screen recording; record a Keynote, PowerPoint, prezi, and more
• Camtasia software allows screen recording and so much more; try it for 30 days for free!

Places to Host your Video:

• Google Drive
• Sophia.org
• YouTube
• Screencast.com (up to 2G total) Click here for a video of how to use Screencast.com to upload your video
• Vimeo (up to 500 MG per week) - you can create a channel; password-protect your video
• Edmodo - students download to watch; students without Internet at home can pre-load before leaving school
• iTunes (podcasts)
• TeacherTube - see my example here
• Podbean (podcasts) - see my example here. Podbean offers only 50 MB with a free account

Plan a Lesson or Explore a Tool

District 96 VoiceThread
District 96 Edmodo

Other Foreign Language Links and Resources:

• General:
  • Spanish Proficiency Exercises (Orlando Kelm)
  • Senor Wooly's Website/Blog - music, videos, and games - very funny!
  • Duolingo - learn a new language
  • Imendi - Flashcard-like game; no sign-in required
  • Lingt Classroom - create a class, post an assignment, students can respond orally
  • Lyrics Gaps - learn a language through music and song lyrics
  • Memrise - sign up to learn a language
  • Nabber - part vocabulary study tool, part social network
  • Nulu Languages - Learn Spanish by reading stories, listening to native speakers, discussing with others, and practicing with flashcards
  • Word Steps - create your own database of words to learn - use pictures and sound, practice with exercises
  • xtranormal - storytelling made fun - create animations with your words
  • goanimate - make amazing animated videos

• Improving Modern Language Learning - blog from Orlando Kelm (video at beginning of our session)

• Global Collaboration Resources:
  • Global Schoolnet.org
  • ePals
  • CILC

• Podcasts in iTunes University:
  • Learn Spanish on SpanishDict.com
  • Norton's Spanish Basics: Video
  • Easy French Poetry

• Online tools for recording audio
  • Vocaroo - Online tool for recording, then sharing an audio file - students can email you their recordings; no sign-up required
  • Blabberize - A funny way to make avatars speak
  • Voki - create a speaking avatar; up to 60 second recordings; can choose from a variety of foreign-language voices; lesson plans